PCA Dimethicone is an isomer of the natural moisturizing factor "PCA" covalently bonded to a silicone backbone. It is designed for easy addition to leave-on and rinse-off conditioning and cleansing products.
Hair conditioning
Conditioning is everywhere in hair care. Customers want to give their hair lubricity, feel, manageability, strength, and more. Each benefit results from the ingredient activity we call hair conditioning.
Here are some of the most exciting ingredients for providing conditioning effects. They have advanced performance properties that offer excellent conditioning for hair.
Hair conditioning ingredients are specialties that create unique, distinct, and beneficial features in hair care products—the kind of features that will help offerings stand out in customers' minds.
Phospholipids, quaternary, and natural ingredients are ideal for today's hair care applications. Mildness, substantivity, high performance, and multifunctionality are typical properties of modern hair conditioning ingredients.PCA Ethyl Cocoyl Arginate is a cationic surfactant derived from L-Arginine (an amino acid), coconut oil fatty acid, ethyl alcohol, and PCA (a natural moisturizing factor: NMF). It is characterized as a conditioning agent mild to the skin and eyes.
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PEG-10 Dimethicone is an excellent silicone-based surfactant for all classes of personal care formulas, particularly well suited in skin care. Specially designed for Silicone-in-Water emulsions, it is more hydrophobic and film-forming than PEG-11 Methyl Ether Dimethicone.
PEG-11 Methyl Ether Dimethicone is an excellent silicone-based surfactant for all classes of personal care formulas, particularly well suited in skin care. Specially designed for mixed oil-in-water emulsions, it is more hydrophilic and less film-forming than PEG-10 Dimethicone.
PEG-12 Dimethicone is a copolymer of polydimethylsiloxane and polyoxyalkylene ether. This combination gives this type of ingredient unique properties. It is clear to hazy and colorless to straw liquid.
PEG-5 Oleylamine Methosulfate is a light yellow-cream liquid with a characteristic odor, an easy-to-use organic quaternary ammonium compound, compatible for use in anionic systems and, therefore, “2 in 1” formulations.
PEG-8 Dimethicone is a nonionic silicone wax, a water-soluble dimethicone polyethyleneglycol block copolymer. It is a white wax with a melting point of 36 – 49°C. Its former designation was Dimethicone Copolyol.
PEG/PPG-25/25 Dimethicone/Acrylates Copolymer is a product of a reaction of t-butyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, and dimethicone copolyol, an anionic film-forming agent with silicone surfactant for hair setting.
Pentapeptide-29 Cysteinamide is a synthetic hexapeptide derived from keratin (a part of protein amino acid sequence Arg-Ser-Phe-Ser-Ala-Cys) with a terminal Cysteine.
Persea Gratissima Oil Unsaponifiables is the fraction of avocado oil that is not saponified in the refining recovery of avocado oil fatty acids. It contains about 30% of phytosterols, mainly Sitosterol, Campesterol, and Stigmasterol.
Phenyl Trimethicone is a phenyl-substituted silicone fluid. It is a clear, viscous liquid polymer with a good refractive index of 1.498 and chemical stability against oxidation.
Phytantriol compound with three hydroxyl groups on one side and a long saturated hydrocarbon chain on the other side of the molecule. It is a slightly yellowish transparent viscous liquid with a characteristic faintly sweetish odor at room temperature.
Phytosphingosine is plant-derived sphingosine an integral part of ceramides and naturally occurring in the skin. It boosts repair processes in damaged skin. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, which help soothe skin irritation and support a healthy skin barrier.
Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides is a bioactive ingredient that offers caring properties by improving the skin barrier function and protection against environmental stress.
Phytosteryl/Decyltetradecyl Myristoyl Methyl Beta-Alaninate is an amino acid-based waxy emollient ester with a ceramide-like structure. It imparts a light touch and moistness to the skin and provides good spreadability and smoothness during application.
Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate is a ceramide-like liquid ingredient derived from glutamic acid. Like ceramides, it exhibits good solubility in oils.
Plankton Extract is an extract of Marine Biomass that includes one or more of the following organisms: Thalassoplankton, green micro-algae, diatoms, greenish-blue, and nitrogen-fixed seaweed.
Polyamide-2 is a unique polymer developed to provide broad-spectrum UV protection in leave-on and rinse-off hair care applications. It represents a quantum leap in effective UV protection for hair.
Polyquaternium-11 is a Quaternized copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate that forms clear, non-tacky, continuous films. Its cationic nature substantively benefits hair, providing conditioning and bodying effects with minimum build-up.
Polyquaternium-16 is a quaternary compound, a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone (VP) and quaternized vinylimidazole (QVI). Its 40% solution in water is a clear, yellow, viscous liquid.
Polyquaternium-39 is an amphoteric terpolymer, a conditioning polymer that is compatible with anionic and amphoteric surfactants. It is a clear, colorless liquid with a mild aldehydic odor especially useful in natural soap-based formulations. It has a wide pH stability range of 3-12.
Polyquaternium-47 is a proprietary non-animal tested, ampholytic terpolymer also designed for superior wet hair combing and detangling properties. It is used in both skin and hair care applications.
Polyquaternium-5 is a conditioning polymer, a dry, cationic copolymer consisting of 4 mole % methacryloyloxethyl trimethyl ammonium methylsulfate (METAMS) and 96 mole % acrylamide. It is a white powder with a mild odor, and pH stability in the 3.0 – 7.0 range.
Polyquaternium-59 is an amber liquid with a characteristic odor. It is an active, EINECS-exempt, polyester polyquaternized UV absorber for hair.
Polyquaternium-6 is a conditioning polymer that is an aqueous solution of the highly charged cationic homopolymer of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC). It is a clear, light yellow viscous liquid with a mild aldehydic odor.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is an anionic surfactant created from the amino acid glycine (a component of collagen) and botanically derived coconut fatty acid.
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Collagen is a potassium salt of the derivative of the reaction of collagen polypeptides and fatty acid. It has excellent foaming and cleansing properties and forms clear solutions at a pH > 6.5.
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein is a potassium salt of a condensation product of coconut acids with hydrolyzed oat protein. It is a functional surfactant derived from natural raw materials coconut acids and Oat protein.
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Soy Protein is a sodium salt of a condensation product of coconut acids with hydrolyzed soybean proteins, a functional natural-derived surfactant. Its aqueous solution is a clear amber-yellow liquid with a slight odor.